The National ReviewW.H. Allen, 1910 - Great Britain |
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Page 847
Suppose , after the train has started , that a tramp gets on to the platform of one of these blind cars . There is no door , or the door is locked . No conductor or brakeman can get to him to collect fare or throw him off .
Suppose , after the train has started , that a tramp gets on to the platform of one of these blind cars . There is no door , or the door is locked . No conductor or brakeman can get to him to collect fare or throw him off .
Page 853
The train gets under way . They have given me up at last . But have they ? At the very next stop I see a lantern thrust under the next truck to mine at the other end of the car . They are searching the rods for me .
The train gets under way . They have given me up at last . But have they ? At the very next stop I see a lantern thrust under the next truck to mine at the other end of the car . They are searching the rods for me .
Page 855
At the next stop the shacks ride out all three blinds , and as before I let them go by and deck in the middle of the train . The crew is on its mettle by now , and the train stops . The shacks are going to ditch me or know the reason ...
At the next stop the shacks ride out all three blinds , and as before I let them go by and deck in the middle of the train . The crew is on its mettle by now , and the train stops . The shacks are going to ditch me or know the reason ...
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